Notice of meeting Development Committee Thursday 21 November 2013 9.30 am at Community Centre, Holway Road, Sheringham NR26 8NP (location map attached) Email linda.yarham@north-norfolk.gov.uk to notify substitutes NOTES Any site inspections will take place on Thursday 12 December 2013 and details will be forwarded to Members in advance of this date. Members of the public who wish to speak on applications must arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of the meeting. It will not be possible to accommodate requests after that time. This is to allow time for the Committee Chair to rearrange the order of items on the agenda for the convenience of members of the public. For information on the procedure please read the Council's leaflet 'Have Your Say on Planning Applications' available from the Planning Reception, on the Council’s website www.northnorfolk.org or by telephoning 01263 516159/516154. Sheila Oxtoby Chief Executive Committee Administrator: Linda Yarham Telephone 01263 516019 AGENDA PLEASE NOTE: THE ORDER OF BUSINESS MAY BE CHANGED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN PUBLIC BUSINESS 1. CHAIRMAN’S INTRODUCTIONS 2. TO RECEIVE APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND DETAILS OF ANY SUBSTITUTE MEMBER(S) 3. MINUTES To approve as a correct record the Minutes of a meeting of the Committee held on 24 October 2013 (copy enclosed for Committee Members only). 4. 5. ITEMS OF URGENT BUSINESS (to be taken under items 10 or 12 below) (a) To determine any other items of business which the Chairman decides should be considered as a matter of urgency pursuant to Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972. (b) To consider any objections received to applications which the Head of Planning was authorised to determine at a previous meeting. REQUESTS TO DEFER APPLICATIONS INCLUDED ON THIS AGENDA To consider any requests from Officers to defer an application included in this agenda, so as to save any unnecessary waiting by members of the public attending for such applications. 6. ORDER OF BUSINESS To determine the order of business for the meeting. 7. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Members are asked at this stage to declare any interests they may have in any of the following items on the agenda. The Code of Conduct for Members requires that declarations include the nature of the interest and whether it is a personal or prejudicial interest. 8. OFFICERS’ REPORT ITEMS FOR DECISION PLANNING APPLICATIONS (1) BINHAM - PF/13/1192 - Conversion of two-storey barn to residential and erection of three bay cartshed garage; Old Barn Farm, Binham Road, Wighton for S C & G M Savory & Sons Pages 1 - 4 (2) BRINTON - PF/13/0985 - Erection of two-storey side and rear extensions, detached car port, formation of vehicular access and render of existing dwelling and insertion of first floor side windows; The Villa, Old Hall Lane for Mr & Mrs Kemp Pages 4 - 11 (3) HAPPISBURGH - PF/13/0914 - Conversion of redundant agricultural building to residential dwelling; Land adjacent 2 High House for Miss L Hughes & Mr P James Pages 11 - 15 (4) HINDOLVESTON - PF/12/0951 - Change of use from D1 (chapel) to C3 (residential); Methodist Church, The Street for Central Norfolk Methodist Circuit Pages 15 - 20 (5) NORTH WALSHAM - PF/13/0866 - Erection of 176 dwellings with access, open space and associated works and formation of station car park and outline application for employment development; Land at, Norwich Road for Hopkins Homes Pages 20 - 32 (6) SHERINGHAM - PF/13/0851 - Erection of single-storey rear extension to provide self-contained unit of holiday accommodation and installation of roof light; 8 Morris Street for Ms H Wheelen Pages 32 - 36 (7) SHERINGHAM - PF/13/0889 - Conversion of D1 (community hall) to A5 (hot food take-away) and first floor residential flat; 10 Wyndham Street for Mr P Crouch Pages 36 - 41 (8) SHERINGHAM - PF/13/1035 - Variation of Condition 1 of planning permission ref: 12/0429 to permit permanent extension to opening hours to 12 midnight on Fridays and Saturdays (excluding religious/bank holidays); Zahras, 8A Station Approach for Mr M Miah Pages 41 - 43 (9) STALHAM - PF/13/1117 - Variation of Conditions 25 & 27 of planning permission reference: 12/1427 to enable variations to sustainability and energy requirements, by insertion of the wording "Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority...." at the beginning of each condition; Land off Yarmouth Road for Hopkins Homes Limited Pages 43 - 46 (10) WEST BECKHAM - PF/13/0989 - Conversion of garage to crab processing facility; Fairfields, Sheringham Road for Mr K Bishop Pages 46 - 49 (11) APPLICATIONS RECOMMENDED FOR A SITE INSPECTION (12) DEVELOPMENT UPDATE MANAGEMENT AND LAND CHARGES Page 49 - 50 PERFORMANCE Page 50 - 51 This is the quarterly report on planning applications and appeals for the period from July to September 2013, covering the turnaround of applications, workload and appeal outcomes and Land Charges searches received. (13) APPLICATIONS APPROVED UNDER DELEGATED POWERS (14) APPLICATIONS REFUSED UNDER DELEGATED POWERS Pages 51 - 57 Page 58 (15) NEW APPEALS Page 58 (16) PUBLIC INQUIRIES AND INFORMAL HEARINGS - PROGRESS Page 58 (17) WRITTEN REPRESENTATIONS APPEALS - IN HAND (18) APPEAL DECISIONS – RESULTS AND SUMMARIES Page 59 (19) COURT CASES – PROGRESS AND RESULTS Page 60 9. ATTENDANCE AT SITE INSPECTIONS Pages 58 - 59 Members are requested to confirm whether or not they will be able to attend the site inspections to be held on 12 December 2013. 10. ANY OTHER URGENT BUSINESS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN AND AS PREVIOUSLY DETERMINED UNDER ITEM 4 ABOVE 11. EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC To pass the following resolution, if necessary:“That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part I of Schedule 12A (as amended) to the Act.” PRIVATE BUSINESS 12. ANY OTHER URGENT EXEMPT BUSINESS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN AND AS PREVIOUSLY DETERMINED UNDER ITEM 4 ABOVE 13. TO CONSIDER ANY EXEMPT MATTERS ARISING FROM CONSIDERATION OF THE PUBLIC BUSINESS OF THE AGENDA Circulation: Councillors Mrs S A Arnold M J M Baker Mrs L M Brettle Mrs A R Green Mrs P Grove-Jones P W High Miss B Palmer J H Perry-Warnes R Reynolds R Shepherd B Smith Mrs A Sweeney Mrs V Uprichard J A Wyatt Substitutes (Note: Members of the public receiving this agenda should note that in the unavoidable absence of the Councillors shown above, their places may be taken by the Councillors shown in the list of substitutes. Anyone wishing to contact a Councillor or Councillors regarding an item on the agenda may therefore also wish to contact substitute members.) Mrs A Claussen-Reynolds Mr N Dixon Mrs B McGoun Mr E Seward Mr N Smith Mr R Stevens Mr P Terrington Mrs L Walker Mr S Ward Mr P Williams All other Members of the Council for information. Members of Management Team and other appropriate Officers. Press and Public. Councillors who receive only this executive summary are reminded that they may obtain a copy of any full report by contacting the Report Originator as identified by the Source Reference. Alternatively, they may consult the full copy of this agenda and reports deposited in the Members Room.